Female Agents/ Les Femmes de l'ombre In the shadow of war, heroines write history. Release date: 2008-02-08 Genres: War, History Actors: Volker Bruch, Natasha Cashman, Sophie Marceau, Yves Heck, Maya Sansa, Edward Hamilton-Clark, Déborah François, Moritz Bleibtreu, James Gerard, Julie Depardieu, Vincent Rottiers, Robin Renucci, Julien Boisselier, Xavier Beauvois, Marie Gillain, Wolfgang Pissors, Stefan Kollmuss, Serge Onteniente, Simon Boyle, Colin David Reese, Romain Francisco, Chantal Garrigues, David Capelle, Rainer Sievert, Philippe Soutan, Jan Oliver Schroeder, Ashley Wanninger, Benjamin Garnier, Johannes Oliver Hamm, Marc Bertolini, Christophe Grofer, Andrew W. Wilson, David Van Severen, Alexandre Jazede, Conrad Cecil, Ida Techer, Jurgen Mash, Stanislas Kemper, Frédéric Deltour, Olivier Beraud-Bedouin, Sarah Tullamore, Antoine Salomé, Fabian Arning, Olivier de Wispelaere Direction: Alex Lutz Production: Stéphane Foenkinos Runtime: 1 h. 57 min. Score: 6.6/10 Votes: 263 Countries: France Companies: La Chauve Souris, Restons Groupés Production, TF1 International, TF1 Films Production Available* : Overview: May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.